News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 month ago
New Komeito, finding itself outside the power loop for the first time in a decade, must find a way to stand on its own feet and establish a distinct brand instead of trying to latch onto other parties, its newly appointed leader says. "New Komeito's
News Source: Japan Times
| 2 months ago
The party emerged from the election with 10 fewer seats in the Lower House, leaving it with just 21. All eight of its candidates in single-seat constituencies, including party leader Akihiro Ota and secretary general Kazuo Kitagawa, failed to win. To
News Source: Japan Times
| 2 months ago
New Komeito, still reeling from its losses in the Aug. 30 election, including the failure of its president and secretary general to win re-election, named policy chief Natsuo Yamaguchi as its new leader Monday. Yamaguchi's appointment as president